S.L. Benfica (Luanda) Explained

Benfica de Luanda
Fullname:	Sport Luanda e Benfica
Nickname:	Águias de Luanda (Luanda Eagles)
Ground:	Estádio dos Coqueiros
Capacity:	12.000
Chairman:	Joaquim Sebastião
Manager:	Zeca Amaral
League:	Girabola
Season:	2016
Position:	6th
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Website:	http://www.slbenfica.co.ao/

Sport Luanda e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica de Luanda, or simply as Benfica, is a football club from Luanda, Angola. The club was established as the Luanda affiliate of SL Benfica of Portugal, and shares the same colours. The logo is also very similar to the Portuguese one. The club, as of 2019, has never won the Girabola (the Angolan league first division).

The club is nicknamed Águias de Luanda, meaning "Luanda Eagles" (the eagle is the symbol of SL Benfica).

History

The club was founded as Sport Luanda e Benfica and later renamed to Saneamento Rangol. In 2000, the club returned to its original name, Sport Luanda e Benfica.

In 1995, as Saneamento Rangol, the club was promoted to the following year's first division. In 2003, Benfica de Luanda was relegated to the second division. In 2004, the club finished second in the second division, and was promoted to the first division. In 2005, the club finished 6th in the first division.

2017 Girabola

On January 23, 2017, Benfica de Luanda issued a press release stating that it would not participate in the Girabola, citing financial reasons, and that the club would focus on its youth academy and in turning the club into a sports company. With such decision, the club is liable to a heavy penalty by the Angolan Federation that might include a suspension from the girabola for an established period^[1]

Names

1922 : Founded as Sport Luanda e Benfica
19?? : Renamed Saneamento Rangol
2000 : Renamed Sport Luanda e Benfica

League & Cup Positions

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Domestic history

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		8	26	11	2	13	36	45	35
		9	26	8	8	10	37	33	32
		8	26	8	8	10	23	27	32
		12	26	7	7	12	26	36	28
2004	2nd	2
	1st	5	26	10	7	9	19	13	37
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		10	26	9	8	9	22	21	35
		5	26	10	7	9	33	28	37
		3	26	14	5	7	42	32	47
		10	30	11	6	13	34	39	39
		13	30	9	8	13	33	36	35
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		10	30	7	14	9	29	30	35
		3	30	14	13	3	31	18	55	Champions
		3	30	14	11	5	35	23	53		Pedro – 11

Continental history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2007	CAF Confederation Cup	1st Round	San Pedro	2–0	5–1	7–1
		Round of 16	Astres	4–0	1–1	4–1¹
		Round of 32	Motema Pembe	4–1	0–0	4–1
2015	CAF Confederation Cup	Preliminary round	Le Messager	2–0	1–0	3–0
2015	CAF Confederation Cup	First round	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	0–1	1–2

¹ Benfica were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

Honours

Angola Cup (1): 2014^[2]

Stadium

The club plays their home matches at the state-owned 12,000 capacity Estádio dos Coqueiros. However, work began in 2012 in the Luanda outskirts village of Cacuaco on the construction of their own stadium, with all the requirements for training and camp for their players. Sport Luanda e Benfica members believe that the club will become a role model in the near future.

Players and staff

Players

See main article: List of S.L. Benfica (Luanda) players.

Manager history

Season	Coach			Coach
1994	Zeca Amaral
	Rúben Garcia
2001	align=left rowspan=2	Miller Gomes

	António Carlos			Henriques Fernandes
2004	Kito Ribeiro
2005	align=left rowspan=4	Zeca Amaral
2006
2007
2008
	Agostinho Tramagal		align=left rowspan=2		align=left rowspan=2	Joaquim Muyumba
	Mabi de Almeida
	Amaro Ferreira	Luís Mariano
	Humberto Chaves	Abílio Amaral
	Abílio Amaral	Romeu Filemón
2014	align=left rowspan=3
2015
2016

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Football: Benfica de Luanda suspend participation in Girabola . ANGOP.com . 25 Jan 2017 . 25 Jan 2017 . 16 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170816003517/http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2017/0/4/Football-Benfica-Luanda-suspend-participation-Girabola,edc73f69-4173-4eac-8e4f-e8877f4b5183.html . live .
Web site: Football season ends with Benfica's League Cup conquest . ANGOP.com . 24 Nov 2014 . 26 Nov 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053808/http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/desporto/2014/10/48/Football-season-ends-with-Benfica-League-Cup-conquest,8f6a57b4-4703-4aa4-9703-8af1534be158.html . live .